Tuesday, April 9, 2019

The (Second) Dime Box Frankenset, Page 72: Numbers 640-648


Frankenset Page #48 WINNER -- 1992 Stadium Club #430 Howard Johnson (8 votes + tie-breaking vote) 

In what seems to be a regular occurrence in this frankenset lately, last week's page ended in yet another tie!

Both Howard Johnson and Otis Nixon went neck-and-neck in the polls, earning eight votes a piece (of 33 total). As usual, the standard tiebreaking protocol applies: I ask the first five people who care to comment on this post to leave their choice between HoJo and Otis. The first card to receive three of those five tiebreaking votes will be the winner.

I'll edit this post once we have a decision.

EDIT: Johnson wins! 




In the meantime, here's a look at our latest page, a super high-number as decreed by the Random Number Generator -- Page 72 (#s 640-648) is on display this week.

This is, sadly, one of the remaining few pages I have yet to complete -- the lack of a good candidate for the #640 slot as of this writing means we'll only have eight nominees here, so let's meet them.



1996 Collector's Choice #641 Fausto Cruz

So close, yet so far. 



2013 Topps #642 Austin Jackson

Throwback! 



2014 Topps #643 Alex Guerrero

Double dipping, Failed Prospects Edition. 



2018 Topps #644 Carlos Perez

Carlos Perez sure has some great cards for a fairly obscure backup catcher.



1973 Topps #645 Bob Locker

Airbrushing, circa 1973 (note the grainy, oddly-placed "C" over the heart of the center fielder as well). 



1992 Score #646 Juan Bell

An out-of-frame double dip experience.



1990 Upper Deck #647 Mark Langston

This is basically a blueprint of how not to make an interview card (way too zoomed-in photo, logo almost covering the mic, etc.) -- but it's an interview card nonetheless.



1982 Donruss #648 Tommy Davis

This frankensetter brought to you by '82 Donruss: Making coaches feel like players once again (with their own baseball cards and everything!).

That's it for this week's page. The polls are now on the sidebar, and don't forget to help break last week's tie!

Happy voting!

9 comments:

Alex Markle said...

Johnson FTW

Mike said...

I cant believe the old-school tape recorder didnt sway people last week!

Last week tie-breaker - Nixon

This week?..Locker all the way!

Big League said...

Howard Johnson

Adam Kaningher said...

I'll go with Howard Johnson on this one.

Fuji said...

I was close to voting for Fausto... but ended up going with Locker.

acrackedbat said...

gotta be HOJO

Bo said...

The Locker card is airbrushed from when he was with the A's. The centerfielder with the C is none other than Reggie Jackson.

Matt said...

The Locker card is cool, but I got to go with Cruz - well framed, great action shot, and the outfield grass complements the A's uniform and border green perfectly.

P-town Tom said...

That Locker card is amazing. There's not even a number on the back of his uniform!